Originally posted by crabman82:
Originally posted by Marvin49:
Originally posted by crabman82:
Originally posted by Marvin49:
Originally posted by crabman82:
Originally posted by Marvin49:
Originally posted by crabman82:
just responding to the kaep stuff as i have yet to read your entire post. the stuff about drew brees first few years or any other qb in that category about 10-15 years ago, i just dont see how it applies to now. we have all these young qbs in years 2, 3, 4 and 5. thats who he needs to be compared to and when you get down to the bottom of it, its more specifically russell wilson cus of being in the same division. nobody cares about drew brees in 2002. kaepernick is flat out struggling and its tough to watch especially when they roll to commercials and you see him in a bunch of them. he put himself out there this offseason and if he slipped a bit there was going to be a backlash
BS.
Those young QBs are struggling as well. Playing better? Probably. They are still struggling tho.
Nobody cares about Brees in 2002? Sad. You should. Only short sighted people don't use history as a guide. If you don't learn from it you are domed to repeat it.
Essentially, you have made my point about perspective for me.
marvin this league changed since 2002 and aside from that, why go back so far when you dont have to? theres around 8-10 young qbs in the same range as kaep starts wise who he should be compared to. it seems on the surface you went back to take a story of a future HOF qb struggling to find himself at the start of his career. of course he can turn it around and of course theres going to be 49er fans who choose to believe he wont. drew brees over 10 years ago is irrelevant to what kaep is going to do in the future. as far as those young qbs, i never said they were playing great i was saying thats who he should be compared too, not some cherry picked feel good story from 10 years ago.
I chose Brees because we just played him. I didn't Cherry Pick it at random. There are several similar stories.
The problem is that we are in the "I want it now" stage of football so we all lose perspective.
Yes, rules have changed a bit so its easier to pass. That doesn't make the business of playing football from a mental standpoint any easier. I can't site any examples of players who have struggled recently and turned it around because we haven't seen it yet. My guess is that there are guys have trouble now that will eventually develop into some of the best in the NFl and then 10 years from now someone will make a similar comparison to the one I just made and someone like you will say its ancient history.
You can choose all you want to discount everything I said, but in my personal opinion its folly to disregard history because a couple guys had success right away.
i feel my perspective on kaep is pretty good. i wasnt one of those people thinking he could throw for 3500 yards and run for 1000 yards and be league mvp. i've watched this league for a long time and totally understand the aspect of regression. hes either regressed or teams have caught up to him and he hasnt adjusted. either way hes playing pretty bad. we as fans over analyze our own teams and like make little excuses for our guys from time to time. yeah some guys dropped passes yesterday, i also know when a rival teams qb plays like s**t, we just say he played like s**t without going over everything with a fine tooth comb to see if their guys dropped passes, missed assignments or whatever. its the nature of the beast, i get it.
I agree with most of that.
I think my point in general is that some people say he's raw. Some people say its the WRs. Some people say its scheme. Some people say he just sucks and will never improve.
I think its a combination of the first 3. No one factor.
I still think he's going to be a hell of a QB. Why? The kid WANTS it. He's Smart. He has all the physical ability and he can make all the throws.
I'm not going to throw out the baby with the bathwater.
he is raw. the problem is fans dont want to be sold that on the heels of a super bowl appearance last year. throw in a team with some veterans who dont have time on their side and its a very much win now thing. had he not been everywhere in commercials this offseason i think quite a few fans would be a little easier on him. i understand why he put himself out there, hes making very little money compared to his peers. when he did that he boxed himself in if his play ever dropped off. it also doesnt help ppl think wilson watches film 82 hours a day and alex smith is now 9-1. i'm totally patient with the guy but i also totally see how some people feel ripped off and sold a bill of goods to this point.
The expectations were so astronimically high it was nuts. When he threw for 400 and 3 TDs in the opener they were even higher.
He is raw. He is struggling. His receivers are struggling. His OC is struggling to adapt.
Its classic too much credit/too much blame scenario. The dude is hyper talented. He needs time, coaching, and receivers.
For anyone who is frustrated becaue "time is running out" on some of the older players...do you REALLY want Alex back? If you do, thats some serious revisionist history. I was one of his biggest supporters here but he is and always was limited. Do you guys really think he's be lighting it up with this corps of receivers?
Come on now.